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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
